Ruaidri of Connachta

Ruaidrí na Saide Buide (1040-1118), also known as Roderic O'Connor, was King of Connacht from 1087 to 1092, succeeding Aed Ua Ruairc and preceding Flaithbertaigh Ua Flaithbertaigh.

Biography
Ruaidri na Saide Buide ("Roderic of the Yellow Birch") was born in 1040, the son of King Aed in Gai Bernaig. Ruaidri's father was killed in battle in 1067 and succeeded by Aed Ua Ruairc, who was deposed by Ruaidri in 1087. Ruaidri and Domnall Ua Lochlainn both invaded Munster to depose King Muirchertach Ua Briain, but Ruaidri would be blinded by Flaithbertaigh Ua Flaithbertaigh after the latter rose against him. Ruaidri was deposed in 1092, and he died in a monastery in 1118.